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Utd swooping in to sign Ronaldo just brings back memories of Sanchez & Fred deals. Deal makes little sense aside from the sentimental factor.

Coman & Camavinga have already been mentioned, so I'd expect them to sign one or both before the windows closes should Mbappe get his wish.

A decent draw for us

Nice change to see City not getting a bye in the group stages.

So did ours...

Repeat of the last time we were defending champions. I'm sure we'll do better against Juve this time around, though.

I see us drawing either RM or Barcelona, which wouldn't be too bad.

I don't think there's any chance of him hitting 30 goals or thereabouts. If this move does happen, it goes to show Pep/City threw everything into the Kane pool, only for it to backfire.

As Leonardo mentioned, I think this is just to show Mbappe their intention for next summer (not that they need to going by is supposed admiration for RM).

I wonder if that will change come 1st Sep.

The outcome of this match will be very telling for what's to come. With CIty's failed pursuit for Kane, we are title favourites by a slight margin, so a win over a fellow challenger would set a marker.

Weird seeing Milan as fourth seeds. Just goes to show far they've fallen off in recent years.

Monaco have a trend of taking punts on young talent & hoping it pays off; this wasn't one of them.

Great to have an actual vocal point upfront & someone able to bully defenders again. Hope this was the first of many to come.

Should have won by a bigger margin, but it's good to get a win over them after our recent form. On to our first real test next week.

Chalobah dropping to the bench is the only real surprise. Hoping that front three run riot today.

The Grealish situation is slightly different as he had a release cause, but I still believe they overpaid for him regardless. We tend to be shrewd in the market, so hope we pursue options elsewhere.

I'm against the signing at £60-70m, let alone £100m~. We shouldn't even think about entertaining such offers.

Their "four captains" have supposedly taken a pay cut or are in the process of doing so. Pique's decision was announced first, so Barcelona could register their new signings prior to the season beginning.

Hope we can end our recent poor form against them & get a convincing win.

Not this summer unless RM are crazy for Mbappe.

I guess we have to thank Jose. He supposedly pushed really hard to secure his signature.

Similar story to last season, and look what happened. If they lose a few more & don't sign Kane, then things could be troublesome for them.

It's been a joy to see us make the most of either wing today. Palace can't handle the switches across field.

James started against Scotland.